Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Techniques That Work For Improving Self Esteem In The Work Place

By Christy Lyons


The work place is suffering from the effects of the low self esteem that is rampant in today's society. Imagine the effect of improving the self esteem of those who work for you. As people develop a healthy sense of self worth, they will be better able to perform on all fronts. Interpersonal conflicts among coworkers will decrease if they have a healthy self esteem. There are a lot of ways that business owners can help improve this situation. To help you improve the self esteem in your work place, here are some proven tips.

You can start by implementing policies that recognize that each person has their own strengths and weaknesses. Train your managers to get to know the strengths of the employees directly under them. Once managers know this, then they can assign work that will make the most of each person's strengths. Offer opportunities to improve areas of weakness to each employee, as well. This gives your workers a sense of accomplishment while also knowing that they are making improvements.

Because you are the leader of your organization, you need to take responsibility for developing the core strengths of your business. Training your leaders regarding the importance of healthy interpersonal skills is one of the best ways you can do this. Positive communication skills are the main idea, ones that will best serve the interests of your workers and business. These positive skills include managers and supervisors always treating their subordinates with respect. Whether in public or private, an employee should never be humiliated or otherwise treated badly.

By treating people professionally and avoiding making them feel they are not liked personally, you can help those around you feel better about themselves. The majority of our time seems to be spent in the work place. When you spend that much time together, you will learn the positive and not so positive traits of each other. Try to maintain a professional and courteous atmosphere, and that may mean avoiding as many personal aspects as possible. We all want to be liked by others so this is important.

As the head of the organization, there are various things that you can do to help improve self esteem within the business. This is a good investment to make in your business but the process does take some time. As self esteem increases, you will increase your bottom line, improve employee retention rate, and realize a positive ROI. Get started by planning and implementing an organized strategy.




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